2015 Ceramics of Italy Tile Competition
Confindustria Ceramica (the Italian Association of Ceramics) and the Italian Trade Commission announce the official call for entries for the 2015 Ceramics of Italy Tile Competition. Now in its third decade, the annual awards program honours the work of North American architects and designers who create exceptional spaces using Italian cera...
Gluten-Free Italian Restaurant Risotteria Opening UWS Outpost
by Emily Frost The West Village-based Italian restaurant and bakery Risotteria, which describes itself as a "gluten-free heaven," is opening a new outpost on Amsterdam Avenue this spring, the owner said. The new restaurant is under construction on Amsterdam Avenue at West 78th Street, taking the space of Westway Food Market, the c...
Portofino plans OK Cafe benefit
The great folks at Portofino, a longtime Buckhead favorite located not far from the temporarily shuttered OK Cafe, are doing something awesome tonight. (Besides serving dinner, which is always terrific there). They're donating 15 percent of tonight's proceeds to the staff at OK Cafe, which was damaged by fire recently, putting staff members out of...
Italian luxury finds new frontier in food
by Rachel Sanderson Cakes and fashion may seem an odd coupling, but despite appearances food is emerging as a new frontier for luxury goods. Sales of "Made in Italy" €1000 handbags and €700 shoes may be slowing amid falling demand from Chinese buyers and austerity-minded US and European consumers. But premium Italian foods – from raisin-f...
Minnesota Opera Presents THE ELIXIR OF LOVE, 1/24
Music lovers will temporarily swap frigid Minnesota temps for the warmth of sun-drenched Tuscany, thanks to Minnesota Opera's upcoming production, The Elixir of Love. Set in the rolling hills of the Italian countryside, Donizetti's timeless romantic comedy opens January 24 at the Ordway Music Theater in St. Paul for five performances. In t...
A taste of truffles
Just looking at a truffle, one would not suspect the firm, round, coarse, lumpy nugget would produce such devoted followers and prices in the thousands for mere ounces. During a special dinner at the Country Club of Landfall Thursday, Jan. 15, the black truffle was the center of attention as guest Italian chef and hotelier Carlo Zarri trea...
Nissoli (PI): Mattarella considera gli Italiani all’estero forza viva della Comunità nazionale
"Ho ascoltato con attenzione e commozione il discorso del Presidente Mattarella pronunciato in occasione del giuramento nell'Aula di Montecitorio, un discorso ricco di riferimenti ai valori fondanti della nostra Patria nella prospettiva della concretezza, del significato quotidiano che tali valori possono assumere affinché ogni italiano possa ricon...
Music Major Sabrina Ponte to Compete for Miss Massachusetts Title
Sabrina Ponte, a freshman Music Business major, will represent Boston in the Miss Massachusetts 2015 Pageant in June. Ponte, 19, captured the title of Miss Boston at the Miss Boston/Miss Cambridge Pageant Sunday, Feb. 8, in Boston. "I won!" the North Reading resident exclaimed in a text shortly after landing the crown. With the win co...
L'incredibile lettera di un legionario romano alla sua famiglia
Nonostante siano passati quasi 2000 anni dalla sua scrittura , potrebbe sembrare in realtà che questa missiva sia stata scritta dai nostri nonni o papà durante i conflitti mondiali. Contenuta in un papiro, ritrovato 150 anni fa in Egitto ad Tebtunis, è stata solo recentemente tradotta dal greco. Uno studente dottorando dell'Università di Rice, Gra...
Borough owners to open Italian-themed spot in Hotel Ivy
By Jess Fleming Jester Concepts, the creators and owners of Borough, Coup d'Etat and Marche in Minneapolis, is taking over the old Porter and Frye space in the Hotel Ivy in downtown Minneapolis. The team will open a coastal Italian-themed restaurant and have hired James Beard Award semifinalist Mike DeCamp, who has been chef de cu...
Santina
by Christina Izzo The adage "Rome wasn't built in a day" has soothed the worried brows of empire builders for centuries—but not the crew behind Major Food Group. Patience might've worked for those Romans, but in its breathless, rapid-fire expansion—eight restaurants in six years—the Italian-American food juggernaut has tapped more readily...
NONNA'S ITALIAN DELI A HIDDEN GEM
You've got a look a little harder to find Nonna's, tucked into the back of the big and flashy Formento's on West Randolph, but the search is worth it. "I grew up in New York suburbs going to a lot of old school Jewish delis and a lot of great just Italian neighborhood delis, and I wanted to bring a lot of those ideas to the table here. But do...